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Etymology edit

H-dropped form of পহুঁছা (pohũcha), inherited from Prakrit *𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀁𑀙𑀇 (*pahuṃchaï), nasalized from *𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (*pahucchaï), from Sanskrit *प्रभूच्छति (prabhūcchati, to reach, literally to continue to be forward or toward (anything)), from प्र- (pra-, forward, toward) +‎ भूच्छति (bhūcchati, to continue to be), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰuHśćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHšćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-sḱéti. Cognate with Odia ପହୁଞ୍ଚିବା (pôhuñciba), Maithili पहुँचब (pahũcab), Bhojpuri पहुँचल (pahũcal), चहुँपल (cahũpal), Nepali पहुँच्नु (pahũcnu), पौँच्नु (pa͠ucnu), Gujarati પહોંચવું (pahoñcvũ), Malvi पोंचणो (põcṇo), Hindustani पहुँचना (pahũcnā) / پَہُن٘چْنَا (pahũcnā), Punjabi ਪਹੁੰਚਣਾ (pahuñcṇā), Marathi पोचणे (pocṇe). Doublet of পহু (pohu) and প্রভু (probhu).

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পৌঁছা (pōũcha)

  1. to reach, arrive at

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References edit

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 473
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prábhūta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press